Network Engineer Contracts in the South West

Network Engineer
England > South West

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the South West is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 65 103
Rank change year-on-year +3 +38 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 102 110 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.09% 3.25% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.34% 3.50% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 82 41
10th Percentile £403 £313 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £619 £525
90th Percentile £650 £669 £600
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 3
10th Percentile - £56.68 £43.80
25th Percentile - £62.00 £46.88
Median hourly rate - £62.62 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - +15.95% +35.00%
75th Percentile - £63.23 £55.50
90th Percentile - £73.49 £55.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £62.00 £28.41
% change year-on-year -35.48% +118.23% -28.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 3,056 3,142 3,474
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 92.74% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,896 2,308 2,517
10th Percentile £216 £284 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £620 £644 £600
90th Percentile £700 £721 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 252 212
10th Percentile £13.85 £17.70 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £48.68 £18.49
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.23 £47.64
Median % change year-on-year -13.02% +32.74% +10.78%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.13 £63.60
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £68.29
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +7 41 £508 -21.92% 5
Bristol +2 26 £500 +5.82% 4
Devon 0 13 £425 +6.25% 2
Somerset -1 12 £354 -14.24% 3
Gloucestershire +6 8 £470 - 4
Dorset -6 2 £425 -8.11% 1
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 68 (66.67%) Firewall
2 53 (51.96%) Cisco
3 50 (49.02%) Security Cleared
4 32 (31.37%) VMware
5 30 (29.41%) Data Centre
6 29 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (25.49%) DV Cleared
8 23 (22.55%) SC Cleared
8 23 (22.55%) VMware Infrastructure
8 23 (22.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 21 (20.59%) vCenter Server
10 19 (18.63%) Public Sector
11 17 (16.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
11 17 (16.67%) Private Cloud
11 17 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (16.67%) vSphere
11 17 (16.67%) Resource Management
11 17 (16.67%) VPN
12 15 (14.71%) Penetration Testing
12 15 (14.71%) Microsoft
13 14 (13.73%) Dell
14 13 (12.75%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (12.75%) Network Security
14 13 (12.75%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 13 (12.75%) Palo Alto
15 12 (11.76%) Social Skills
15 12 (11.76%) F5
15 12 (11.76%) LAN
15 12 (11.76%) WAN
16 11 (10.78%) CCNP

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.84%) Azure
2 7 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.94%) BigCommerce
4 1 (0.98%) AWS
4 1 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.98%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 68 (66.67%) Firewall
2 17 (16.67%) VPN
3 13 (12.75%) Network Security
4 12 (11.76%) LAN
4 12 (11.76%) WAN
5 11 (10.78%) SD-WAN
6 10 (9.80%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (5.88%) FTP
7 6 (5.88%) SAN
7 6 (5.88%) VoIP
7 6 (5.88%) Wireless
8 5 (4.90%) BGP
8 5 (4.90%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (4.90%) DNS
8 5 (4.90%) TCP/IP
9 4 (3.92%) DHCP
9 4 (3.92%) OSPF
10 3 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (2.94%) VLAN
10 3 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.92%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (18.63%) Public Sector
2 12 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.84%) Telecoms
5 7 (6.86%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.86%) Marketing
6 4 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.92%) Electronics
6 4 (3.92%) Finance
6 4 (3.92%) Legal
7 3 (2.94%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.94%) 802.1X
1 3 (2.94%) VML
2 1 (0.98%) SPML
2 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (29.41%) Data Centre
2 17 (16.67%) Private Cloud
3 7 (6.86%) Replication
4 4 (3.92%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.94%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.96%) NHS
6 2 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.98%) CMDB
7 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.98%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.98%) PKI
7 1 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.84%) Windows
1 8 (7.84%) Windows Server
2 6 (5.88%) Linux
3 1 (0.98%) Solaris
3 1 (0.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (22.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (16.67%) Resource Management
3 17 (16.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 15 (14.71%) Penetration Testing
5 13 (12.75%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 9 (8.82%) ITIL
6 9 (8.82%) Migration
7 8 (7.84%) Network Design
8 6 (5.88%) Change Management
9 5 (4.90%) Data Protection
9 5 (4.90%) Network Management
10 4 (3.92%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (3.92%) Digital Marketing
10 4 (3.92%) Load Balancing
10 4 (3.92%) Network Monitoring
10 4 (3.92%) Programme Management
11 3 (2.94%) B2B
11 3 (2.94%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.96%) Python
2 1 (0.98%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (49.02%) Security Cleared
2 26 (25.49%) DV Cleared
3 23 (22.55%) SC Cleared
4 13 (12.75%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (10.78%) CCNP
6 10 (9.80%) CCNA
7 3 (2.94%) CCIE
8 2 (1.96%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.96%) JNCIP
8 2 (1.96%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.98%) Degree
System Software
1 23 (22.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (16.67%) vSphere
3 11 (10.78%) VMware NSX
4 7 (6.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (20.59%) vCenter Server
2 10 (9.80%) FortiGate
3 4 (3.92%) Ansible
4 1 (0.98%) Cacti
4 1 (0.98%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (51.96%) Cisco
2 32 (31.37%) VMware
3 15 (14.71%) Microsoft
4 14 (13.73%) Dell
5 13 (12.75%) Palo Alto
6 12 (11.76%) F5
7 10 (9.80%) CheckPoint
8 8 (7.84%) Veeam
9 7 (6.86%) Fortinet
9 7 (6.86%) SAP
10 6 (5.88%) Aruba
11 4 (3.92%) Juniper
11 4 (3.92%) Meraki
11 4 (3.92%) SolarWinds
12 3 (2.94%) Adobe
12 3 (2.94%) Intel
12 3 (2.94%) Nokia
12 3 (2.94%) Salesforce
12 3 (2.94%) Sitecore
13 1 (0.98%) Infoblox